Zoning reform gains ground, but local resistance shapes how far it goes
Zoning reform is no longer an abstract policy discussion; it is increasingly tied to state legislation with direct implications for...
New York City’s quiet shift away from the neighborhood veto
The reforms do not eliminate neighborhood participation. They attempt to limit its ability to function as a veto. New York’s...
The federal government helped create zoning. It can help reform it.
Treating zoning as outside federal policy debates misses an important opportunity. If federal housing policy helped entrench land-use systems that...
Washington’s housing push is real. The biggest barriers remain local
Washington may finally be aligning around the idea that housing affordability depends on building more homes.
When states require cities to plan for housing growth
Across much of the United States, housing shortages are often described as market failures or affordability crises. But many economists...
Opportunity Zones and the limits of place-based development policy
A large share of the employment gains within Opportunity Zones appears to be offset by job losses in nearby communities....
When inheritance becomes housing policy
In parts of California, inheritance is no longer incidental to homeownership. It is becoming central to it.
Build more housing. Yes, even the expensive kind
When new units come online, they reduce demand pressure in the units households leave behind. Over time, that effect extends...
Illinois tests the limits of local zoning control
The Illinois debate underscores a structural reality: zoning authority is a delegation from the state. States created municipalities and retain...
What Missouri can learn from Kansas’s budget crisis
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